# 2001 Chevy Tracker - All lights dimming

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-chevy-tracker-all-lights-dimming/64545>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [May 10, 2011, 2:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-chevy-tracker-all-lights-dimming/64545 "2011-05-10T02:15:37Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![ChevyTracker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@ChevyTracker](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ChevyTracker)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 2:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-chevy-tracker-all-lights-dimming/64545/1 "2011-05-10T02:15:37Z")

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For 8 or 9 months now the dash lights and headlights on my 2001Chevy Tracker are dimming (more like flickering but they don’t go completely out). It is not the alternator - it has been checked. For a period of 4 orso months in between the beginning of this and now - the dimming stopped and now it’s back. The only thing I can correlate to the dimming stopping was I had to have my car jumped because I left the headlights on and the dimming seemed to stop for the long period of time. Anybody have any suggestions?

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**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2011, 1:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2001-chevy-tracker-all-lights-dimming/64545/2 "2011-05-10T13:10:45Z")

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When they checked the alternator, did they also check the battery?

How long ago was that?